LIHUE — Five Kauai Community College Nursing Department students found another reason to be thankful on Tuesday.

The Rotary Club of Poipu, represented by Rebecca Fries, presented five students — three second-year students and two first-year students — scholarships totaling $8,000.

Shaira Shayne Garcia, a first-year student, and Heather Seely, a second-year student, were recipients of the $2,500 Francis Dillon Memorial Scholarship.

Megumi Kobayashi, a first-year student, joined second-year students Gillian Perdido and Kailey Zemel in receiving $1,000 scholarships.

Fries encouraged the students “to stay enrolled” because there will be another round of scholarships announced following the holidays. The Rotary Club of Poipu will also be looking at scholarships for students in the trades at

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